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into migration, and cause reptiles and a few spe- 

 cies of mammals to hibernate. Beyond these 

 limits Nature keeps on her way untroubled ; and 

 even within these limits there is less stagnation 

 than most men suppose. If man were not him- 

 self so much in dread of the snow, he would 

 not credit the lower animals with undue fear of 

 wintry elements. 



